Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Edwin J. Chilgren (July 4, 1897 in Jämtland, Sweden – August 31, 1972) was a Minnesota politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. After emigrating to Minnesota at the age of seven, Chilgren fought with the United States Marines during World War I. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1926, where he caucused with the Liberal Caucus in the then-nonpartisan body. He became chair of the taxes committee in 1955, and in 1959 he was elected speaker, a position he held until conservatives took control of the house in 1963.Chilgren retired from the legislature after the 1964 elections. He died in 1972."@en }
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- Edwin_J._Chilgren abstract "Edwin J. Chilgren (July 4, 1897 in Jämtland, Sweden – August 31, 1972) was a Minnesota politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. After emigrating to Minnesota at the age of seven, Chilgren fought with the United States Marines during World War I. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1926, where he caucused with the Liberal Caucus in the then-nonpartisan body. He became chair of the taxes committee in 1955, and in 1959 he was elected speaker, a position he held until conservatives took control of the house in 1963.Chilgren retired from the legislature after the 1964 elections. He died in 1972.".
- Q5346539 abstract "Edwin J. Chilgren (July 4, 1897 in Jämtland, Sweden – August 31, 1972) was a Minnesota politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. After emigrating to Minnesota at the age of seven, Chilgren fought with the United States Marines during World War I. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1926, where he caucused with the Liberal Caucus in the then-nonpartisan body. He became chair of the taxes committee in 1955, and in 1959 he was elected speaker, a position he held until conservatives took control of the house in 1963.Chilgren retired from the legislature after the 1964 elections. He died in 1972.".